Word Finder - interpreting

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To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.

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to interpret an Indian speech

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To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation

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The actor interpreted the character of Hamlet with great skill.

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To act as an interpreter.

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He interpreted at the meeting between the Chinese and French associates.

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To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.

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An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

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the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma.

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A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .

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Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

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The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).

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• interpreting

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The power of explaining.

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An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

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An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

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An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.

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(model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.

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The practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage to visitors at museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, science centres, art galleries, etc. Also called heritage interpretation, mediation, guiding, etc.

The context is absolutely critical to properly interpreting Bible verses.

This writer undertook the task of interpreting to the Latin world some of the best work of Arabic physicians, and his translation of Avicenna is said to have been made by order of the emperor Frederic II.

Presently this new principle of autocracy was extended to the king's legislative authority also, for, on the 9th of December 1682, all four estates, by virtue of a common declaration, not only confirmed him in the possession -of the legislative powers enjoyed by his predecessors, but even conceded to him the right of interpreting and amending the common law.

And idealism in all its forms would say that man, interpreting through his reason, does rightly, and reaches truth.

In view of the confusion of the traditions and the difficulty of interpreting the details sketched above, the recovery of the historical Aaron is a work of peculiar intricacy.

In order that his work might fairly stand beside that of the old Latin writers, Severus ignored the allegorical methods of interpreting sacred history to which the heretics and the orthodox of his.

The second way of interpreting the antithesis of thought to what is thought of, was taken by a group of thinkers among whom a central and inspiring figure was Schleiermacher.

The methods employed in studying the relation of bacteria to disease are in principle comparatively simple,but considerable experience and great care are necessary in applying them and in interpreting results.

He then attached himself to the Old Lutheran party, interpreting Lutheranism in a broad and liberal spirit and showing some appreciation of rationalism.

The commander of the Mexican Army of the North, Ampudia, immediately summoned him to retire behind the Nueces under the threat of interpreting his advance as an invasion of Mexican territory.

The last of his theological works were Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity (1718), and Tetradymus (1720), a collection of essays on various subjects, in the first of which (Hodegus) he set the example, subsequently followed by Reimarus and the rationalistic school in Germany, of interpreting the Old Testament miracles by the naturalistic method, maintaining, for instance, that the pillar of cloud and the fire of Exodus was a transported signal-fire.

But in interpreting these standards of faith and doctrine, the Church of the Province of South Africa is not bound by decisions other than those of its own Church courts, or such court as the Provincial Synod may recognize as a tribunal of appeal.

In Christianity, on the other hand, we early find that the method of moralists determining right conduct is to a great extent analogous to that of jurisconsults interpreting a code.

He observed, in 1823, dark lines in stellar spectra which Kirchhoff's discovery supplied the means of interpreting.

Formulae for metallic reflection may be obtained from Fresnel's expressions by writing the ratio sin i / sin r equal to a complex quantity, and interpreting the imaginary coefficients in the manner explained above.

For purposes of civil government the term "parish" means a district for, which a separate poor-rate is or can be made, or for which a separate overseer is or can be appointed; and by the Interpretation Act 1889 this definition is to be used in interpreting all statues subsequent to 1866, except where the context is inconsistent therewith.

True, they'd had more of an understanding than an official agreement, but he never failed to deliver, even if he had a reputation for interpreting the terms differently than those who made him the deal.

Deidre's bucket list came to mind, distracting him from interpreting Fate's cryptic comparison.

The application interpreting an initial linkbase arc may choose to limit the number of steps processed in the chain.

The important thing when reading and interpreting the Bible is to understand what type of truth we expect to receive from it.

The ecological fallacy has become a bugbear to frighten people away from interpreting social observations in collective terms.

One of the main keys to interpreting handwriting is the fact that we always write differently from the model taught to us at school.

Clearly, any art of reaching agreement through conversation is going to depend on an art of interpreting interlocutors.

As well as being useful for interpreting the behavior of the seal, these pictures will also be interesting in studying the krill themselves.

And he was speaking on interpreting the Old Testament.

Skill in reading and interpreting electrical schematics, diagrams, product data, and so forth.

He was also a great man for interpreting sacred scripture for the benefit of the less learned.

Toward the end of the month there was a multilingual debate using simultaneous interpreting facilities at Heriot-Watt University.

There is also a list of commonly lost fragments, helpful for interpreting spectra.

And he was speaking on interpreting the Old testament.

Over all geometrical theorems they would be in complete agreement, only interpreting the words in terms of their respective intuitions.

This method of interpreting canonical variates is identical to the manner in which factors are interpreted in factor analysis.

We will all have to become versed in interpreting a new type of scale.

Convinced that opposition to Babylonian rule was suicidal, and interpreting historical events, in the manner of the times, as indications of the temper of the deity, he held that the imminent political destruction of the nation was proof of Yahweh's anger with the people on account of their moral and religious depravity; Jerusalem was hopelessly corrupt and must be destroyed (xxiv.).

Through this unexpected and obscure principle of "dialectic Hegel claimed to fulfil his programme of interpreting everything as manifest necessary truth of ideal relationship. It all must be so and you see it must.

Besides these direct services imposed upon the states, each state is of course practically limited in its legislative and executive action by the power of the Federal judiciary (in the exercise of its function of interpreting the Constitution) to declare invalid laws passed or acts done inconsistent with the Federal Constitution, or with statutes passed by the Federal legislature within the scope of its authority under the Constitution.

Interpreting his father 's death as divine providence, the young Salieri resolved to devote his life to glorying God through his music.

The usual rules for interpreting sexagesimal values in expressions are followed.

Our chemistry homework for the week involves analyzing and interpreting the results of the experiment conducted in class.

Almost all of the English to Portuguese online translators are machine-oriented, which means that a program is interpreting your words into Portuguese.

The grand score is used as the number for interpreting the inventory results.

Although "organic" looks promising on a product label, there's quite a bit of wiggle room for interpreting just what you're buying.

In addition, interpreting dream symbols using words becomes challenging.

Here are some other resources for understanding and interpreting your dreams.

For some, this might mean keeping a dream dictionary and interpreting dreams, or even having a premonition in a dream that comes true.

Books about interpreting dreams are available to help make sense of dreams.

Taking a biblical perspective on your dream experience involves gaining insight into dream symbols, possible meanings, and methods of interpreting dreams.

Metaphors are important elements in this book, and the book features instructions for interpreting dreams.

Interpreting the stories can be as complex as understanding your dreams, and many of the symbols are a matter of perspective.

The possibilities are endless in interpreting dreams, and you have a great opportunity to explore your dreaming experiences on different levels.